Trump Takes Sledgehammer to Department of Education, Transfers Key Functions to Other Agencies

In this RedState article, Bob Hoge reveals that President Trump has delivered a decisive blow to the bloated federal Department of Education by transferring key functions like civil rights enforcement and special education oversight to the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services, advancing his long-stated goal of returning education power to the states.

• The administration announced the moves on Tuesday, carving away the vast majority of the Education Department’s core responsibilities after it has spent over $3 trillion since 1980 with dismal results.
• The Department of Justice will now handle enforcement of civil rights in education, while HHS will oversee special education programs protecting children with disabilities.
• This builds on Trump’s aggressive downsizing of the department, which has become a vehicle for woke indoctrination, DEI mandates, transgender policies in sports, and massive student loan fraud under Biden.
• Education Secretary Linda McMahon emphasized scaling back federal micromanagement while bolstering essential oversight, responding directly to parental concerns.
• Teachers’ union leaders predictably cried “chaos” for vulnerable students, but the changes aim to free families from bureaucratic failures and restore local control.
• Trump has long vowed to shut down or drastically reduce the department entirely, arguing education belongs with states where accountability to parents is stronger.
• The action signals a broader cleanup of federal overreach, empowering states and parents while dismantling an agency that has failed generations of American children.

Read the full story:
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/06/17/trump-takes-a-sledgehammer-to-department-of-education-transfers-key-functions-to-other-agencies-n2203441